He finally ate!!!

[SnakeCharm]

10 days ago, after 11 (yes, 11) loooong months of hunger strike, Sven, my 5 yr. old male BP finally ate! And what's even better is that he went into shed soon after he ate, and today he shed in one-piece! Bless the snake gods!

Cheers to him not skipping anymore meals foreverrrr! (Although I seriously wouldn't doubt it for a second that he's going to do it again )

[jbzapanda]

WOW, 11 months? That's a looooong time! I would probably go insane out of my mind lol. Congrats! I'm still waiting for my little guy to have his first shed with me

[SnakeCharm]

Yeah! It was incredibly frustrating to a point where I was even thinking of force-feeding him. But luckily I never acted on that and at least tried to stay patient the entire time.

My theory is that perhaps he went into that 11-month-long hunger strike because he was growing too fast. He went from 1200g to 2010g in a matter of 7 months! So perhaps he just wanted to go on a diet, hah...

[jbzapanda]

I wish I had your snake's willpower!

[SnakeCharm]

Haha, so do I!

[blk02ssmonte]

Awesome! 7 months is my record. I was glad they started again.

[butterballpython]

Glad to hear you finally got him to eat!

And I sure do wish I had that willpower, too.

All three of mine ate their rats tonight. I was starting to worry about the little one who came from Petco, but her (much shorter) fast is over, too.

[se7en]

that is a good feeling. i had my oldest snake eat on friday, after 252 days.

[SnakeCharm]

I just hope I never have to go through that torture ever again! At least not for 11 month effin' months! It psychologically drained me...

[butterballpython]

I just hope I never have to go through that torture ever again! At least not for 11 month effin' months! It psychologically drained me...

And you just know he's curled up in his hide snickering because he made you sweat.